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it would stand (Joc. cit., p. 143) beside bella, Blackb., from which 
it differs inter alia by its considerably larger size and more 
robust legs, and by its head not having a well marked longit- 
udinal impression on the vertex (as bella has) but only a very 
fine (almost scratch-like) frontal stria. 
E. wiridicollis, Lef. Since writing the above-mentioned paper 
I have collected this species also, and have received it from Mr. 
Jacoby and from the Chapuis collection. In my tabulation of 
Edusa (loc. cit.) it would stand beside £#. lineata, Blackb., from 
which it is distinguishable inter alia by its much larger size, 
very different colouring, and its hind tibiz in the male strongly 
curved at the apex. 
PSEUDOPAROPSIS (gen. nov. Chrysomelidarum). 
Palpi maxillares breves, articulo ultimo subovali  apice 
angustato quam precedens sublongiori; oculi oblongo- 
ovales, subtilius granulati ; antenne breves (speciei typice 
articulis 7—10 sat fortiter transversis) ; prothorax brevis ; 
elytra conjuncta quam longiora sat latiora, epipleuris (ut 
Paropsidarum normalium, e.g. punctata, Marsh) altera parte 
alte erecta altera (antice latissime) horizontali; prosternum 
inter coxas minus angustatum, postice dilatatum, in medio 
inter coxas carinatum utrinque sulcatum (sicut Paropsidarum 
plurimarum, e.g. minor, Marsh); pedes modici, tarsorum 
(sicut Paropsidis) articulo 2° quam 1° 3° que multo minori 
multo angustiori, unguiculis simplicibus ; corpus (speciei 
typice) modice convexum, fere  circularis, glabrum, 
Coccinellam simulans. 
The species for which I propose this new generic name may be 
characterisedasa Paropsis with the palpi and claws of a Plagiodera. 
From the latter genus it may at once be known by the small 
second joint of its tarsi (not more than half as wide as the third 
joint), and especially by the epipleuree of its elytra, which consist 
of two distinct planes nearly at right angles to each other (except 
close to the apex of the elytra), the height of the erect part and the 
width of the horizontal part being in the front half of their 
length each about equal to the length of the second ventral seg_ 
ment. It seems not improbable that Plagiodera Lownei, Baly 
(of which I have not seen an example) is a member of this genus. 
P. nitidipennis, Boisd. Fere circularis, minus convexa; glabra ; 
nitida ; flavo-fulva, elytris cupreis nonnihil aureo-mican- 
tibus antice et ad latera viridi-marginatis; capite brevi 
subtilissime punctulato, antice transversim (postice in medio 
longitudinaliter) suleato ; antennis brevibus, apicem versus 
fortiter incrassatis; prothorace quam longiori ut 7 ad 3 
